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| India Accuses Pakistan In Railroad Bombings |
| 2006-07-16 |
| The bombers who targeted Bombay's rail system had support from inside Pakistan, India's prime minister said, warning that the nuclear-armed rivals' peace process could be derailed unless Islamabad reins in terrorists. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's unusually blunt comments on Friday appeared to signal an abrupt shift in relations between India and Pakistan, whose ties had warmed over the past two years. Initial fallout came quickly, with high-level India-Pakistan talks planned for July 20 canceled, news reports said Saturday. The Hindustan Times, quoting unidentified officials, said the talks would not be held as planned between the foreign secretaries of the two countries. Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran declined Friday to say whether the talks would proceed as planned. But while insisting the peace process would continue, he told reporters that "Cooperation is a two-way street." Also Friday, investigators named a third suspect in the carefully coordinated bombings that shattered first-class commuter rail cars Tuesday, killing more than 200 people. "We will leave no stone unturned -- I reiterate, no stone unturned -- in ensuring that terrorist elements in India are neutralized and smashed," Singh told reporters in Bombay. |
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